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Update database.md to fix a link & clarify Redshift specific issue #3791

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## Definition

Optionally specify a custom database for a [model](docs/build/models) or [seed](/docs/build/seeds). (To specify a database for a [snapshot](/docs/build/snapshots), use the [`target_database` config](/reference/resource-configs/target_database)).
Optionally specify a custom database for a [model](/docs/build/sql-models) or [seed](/docs/build/seeds). (To specify a database for a [snapshot](/docs/build/snapshots), use the [`target_database` config](/reference/resource-configs/target_database)).

When dbt creates a relation (<Term id="table" />/<Term id="view" />) in a database, it creates it as: `{{ database }}.{{ schema }}.{{ identifier }}`, e.g. `analytics.finance.payments`

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## Warehouse specific information
* BigQuery: `project` and `database` are interchangeable
* Redshift: Cross-database queries are not possible in Redshift. As such, dbt will return a Database Error if you use this configuration.
* Redshift: Cross-database queries are not possible in Redshift. As such, dbt will return a Database Error if you use 'Database A' for a seed file and try to `{{ ref() }}` that seed file (or its database object) in a model using 'Database B'. This error would only be found at runtime.